Government of Canada Investments Support New Research for Weather and Environmental Services

MONTRÉAL, Aug. 15, 2014 /CNW/ - Today, Dr. Colin Carrie, Member of
Parliament for Oshawa and Parliamentary Secretary to the Environment
Minister, was in Montréal, Québec on behalf of the Honourable Leona
Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian
Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic
Council to announce the Government of Canada's investment of over $2.7
million to support research in the areas of weather and environmental
services.

The funding is part of Environment Canada's 2014-2015 annual grants and
contributions plan that is used to engage key university partners,
international organizations and not-for-profit organizations who have
expertise in areas weather and environmental services.

Dr. Carrie was joined by René Roy, Director of Scientific Programming at
Ouranos, an organization that combines climate science with the
adaptation needs of society and one of the funding recipients.

Quick Facts

Since 2006, Environment Canada has invested over $4 billion in science
and technology. These investments support scientists working in
well-equipped labs on important environmental issues.

Since 2012, the Government of Canada has provided $79 million to
strengthen weather monitoring infrastructure.

The Government of Canada is actively collaborating with the
meteorological community in Canada and internationally in sharing the
latest scientific knowledge and data to improve accuracy of weather,
climate and air quality information available to Canadians.

The funds announced today will be distributed over the next five years
and will contribute to better and more accessible information on
weather conditions.

Quotes
"Our Government is proud to support the meteorological community here in
Canada. Our investments announced today will encourage, support and
leverage activities that enable Canadians to access, understand and use
information on changing weather conditions."

- Dr. Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa and Parliamentary
Secretary to Canada's Environment Minister

"Ouranos received funding from Environment Canada for research to be
conducted on future climatic conditions of the Great Lakes and St.
Lawrence basin. This information will be able to support future work on
vulnerability analysis and identification of possible adaptation
measures over this basin."